下面是一些重要的单词，它们都与食物相关，可用来描述食物的味道、食物的状态，以及我们如何烹饪。

　　食物的状态

　　fresh ： Sushi always requires fresh fish.

　　新鲜的：做寿司总是需要新鲜的鱼。

　　off ： I'm afraid this cheese tastes off.

　　不新鲜的：恐怕这奶酪不新鲜了。

　　raw ： Sushi is made from raw fish as well as vegetables, seaweed, and rice.

　　生的：寿司是由生鱼和蔬菜、海草和大米制成的。

　　ripe ： Make sure the bananas are ripe so I can use them in the cake.

　　熟的：确保香蕉熟了，这样我就可以将它们放入蛋糕中。

　　rotten ： This meat smells rotten. I think we should throw it away.

　　腐烂的：这肉闻起来臭了，我想我们应该扔掉它。

　　tough ： The steak was very tough. I could hardly chew it!

　　硬的：这道牛排很硬。我简直不能咀嚼它!

　　tender ： The lamb was so tender that it seemed to melt in my mouth.

　　嫩的：羊肉真嫩，好像在我嘴里融化了。

　　undercooked ： The undercooked salmon was very poor.

　　未煮熟的：未煮熟的烤鲑鱼很差。

　　烹饪的动词

　　bake ： I'll bake a cake for her birthday party.

　　烘焙：我要为她的生日派对烘焙蛋糕。

　　boil ： You should boil these potatoes for forty-five minutes.

　　煮：煮土豆要煮四十五分钟。

　　cook ： What would you like me to cook for dinner?

　　烹饪：你晚饭想让我做什么?

　　fry ： I usually fry some eggs and bacon on Saturday mornings.

　　油炸：我通常在星期六早上煎一些鸡蛋和熏肉。

　　grill ： During the summer I like to grill meat outside.

　　烤：在夏天我喜欢在外面烤肉。

　　heat ： Heat up the soup and make some sandwiches.

　　热把汤加热，做一些三明治。

　　microwave ： Microwave the macaroni for three minutes and eat.

　　用微波炉加热：用微波炉加热通心粉三分钟，然后吃。

　　poach ： Jennifer prefers to poach her eggs.

　　水煮：詹妮弗更喜欢煮鸡蛋。

　　roast ： Let's put this in the oven and roast for two hours.

　　烤：我们把这个放进烤箱烤两个小时。

　　steam ： The best way to cook many vegetables is to steam them for a few minutes.

　　清蒸：烹调许多蔬菜最好的方法是蒸几分钟。

　　食物的数量

　　bar ： Melt one bar of butter for the sauce.

　　一条：融化一块黄油做酱汁。

　　liter ： I'll put a liter of water on to boil for the pasta.

　　升：煮面食，我会放一升水。

　　loaf ： I bought three loaves of bread at the supermarket.

　　一块：我在超级市场买了三块面包。

　　lump ： Put of a lump of butter on top of the casserole to make it tasty.

　　一块：把一块黄油放在炖锅菜上面，就可使它变得美味可口。

　　piece ： Would you like a piece of chicken?

　　一片：你想要一片鸡肉吗?

　　pint ： I drank a pint of ale at the pub.

　　品脱：我在酒吧喝了一品脱麦芽啤酒。

　　portion ： Have you eaten your portion of vegetables today?

　　一份：你今天吃蔬菜了吗?

　　slice ： Please put three slices of cheese on my sandwich.

　　切片：请把三片奶酪放在我的三明治上。

　　spoonful ： Add two spoonfuls of sugar to sweeten.

　　一汤匙：加入两勺糖来加甜味。